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Lou Holtz fires humorous jab at Toledo on ESPN

From a Nov 22, 2007 Futon Report blog posting titled Lou Holtz, Them’s Fightin’ Words :

In Lou Holtz' Thursday pep talk on the Kansas-Missouri Civil War-era “Border Showdown” rivalry, adorned in KU garb, he dropped this quote on ESPN during halftime of the Arizona State-USC game:

"Only twice have states gone to war with one another. One of them was Ohio and Michigan, where they had a boundary dispute over Toledo. That history doesn’t record who won the war, but we have to assume Michigan did, because nobody would fight to keep Toledo".


The ESPN video of Holtz pretending to be the Kansas football coach when he made the Toledo crack.


Photoshop photo from the Futon Report :

created by jr on Nov 23, 2007 at 10:20:00 am     Comments: 6

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Lou had me when he slurred hello.

More Holtz wizdim:
If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.

On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

Mizzou's coach is former UT coach Pinkel.
Kansas beat Toledo early this year. Thanks to poised deliberate coaching like this:

Mangino is a riot.

posted by charlatan on Nov 23, 2007 at 11:37:14 am     #



He sounds like a funny man. Or has good writers.

posted by ToledoLatina on Nov 23, 2007 at 01:50:26 pm     #



Looks like Lou should have given a pep talk to No. 1 LSU (Arkansas 50-48, 3OT).

posted by McCaskey on Nov 23, 2007 at 08:35:36 pm     #



Another Yogi Berra!!

That quote is destined to be remembered and oft repeated...

posted by billy on Nov 24, 2007 at 08:14:04 am     #



1. Absolutely Hilarious. Bravo.
2. Carty is going to have a shitfit.
3. Blue Jackets beat the Red Wings today, and I was at the game. GO JACKETS.

posted by TheTalentedMrC on Nov 25, 2007 at 12:55:17 am     #



I heard Coach Holtz' pep talk live, and it was great. Very funny, if you can laugh at yourself. (And, Toledoans need to.)

And, with Holtz from Ohio (Lison/West Point, Ohio area; went to HS and is friends with an uncle), he's not taking a blind jab at Toledo. So, assuming he knows Toledo and has some comfort level, it was all in good humor.
- Mike

posted by miked918 on Nov 27, 2007 at 01:11:24 pm     #